"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Däniken's Argument (1987)

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50 points | by Kaibeezy 5 hours ago

3 comments

Lukas_Skywalker 3 hours ago
For context: Erich von Däniken died on January 10, 2026 at the age of 90 years: https://x.com/vonDaeniken/status/2010314306894828023
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- dang 1 hour ago
  Ah, thanks! I had missed that. Let's move the thread to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578867, which has that info. I'll put your twitter link in the toptext too.
foobar1962 37 minutes ago
The gottcha moment in the article was when the questioner's name was revealed as PLAYBOY.
Myth Busted: Some people really did only buy it for the articles.
teew 4 hours ago
Article is (1987) btw
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- dang 4 hours ago
  Added. Thanks!
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  - Kaibeezy 3 hours ago
    Aye, thx. Meant to.
    I’ll try to confirm the actual original source, you know, just for the article.